FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1954

FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1954
Host city	Falun
Country	Sweden
Events	8
Opening	13 February 1954
Closing	21 February 1954
	← 1950 1958 →

The FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1954 took place 13–21 February 1954 in Falun, Sweden. These were the first races where women competed with events in the 10 km and 3 × 5 km relay. It also saw the 18 km reduced to 15 km in men's cross-country along with the return of the 30 km which was last held in 1926. The Nordic combined saw the ski jump held first with the cross-country distance reduced to 15 km as well. The Soviet Union also debuted in these championships as well.

Men's cross-country

15 km

17 February 1954

Medal	Athlete	Time
Gold	Veikko Hakulinen (FIN)
Silver	Arvo Viitanen (FIN)
Bronze	August Kiuru (FIN)

30 km

14 February 1954

Medal	Athlete	Time
Gold	Vladimir Kuzin (URS)
Silver	Veikko Hakulinen (FIN)
Bronze	Martti Lautala (FIN)

Vladimir Kuzin was the first person from the Soviet Union to win an event at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships.

50 km

21 February 1954

Medal	Athlete	Time
Gold	Vladimir Kuzin (URS)
Silver	Veikko Hakulinen (FIN)
Bronze	Arvo Viitanen (FIN)

4 × 10 km relay

20 February 1954

Medal	Team	Time
Gold	Finland (August Kiuru, Tapio Mäkelä, Arvo Viitanen, Veikko Hakulinen)
Silver	Soviet Union (Nikolay Koslov, Fyodor Terentyev, Aleksey Kuznetsov, Vladimir Kuzin)
Bronze	Sweden (Sune Larsson, Sixten Jernberg, Arthur Olsson, Per-Erik Larsson)

Women's cross-country

10 km

21 February 1954

Medal	Athlete	Time
Gold	Lyubov Kozyreva (URS)
Silver	Siiri Rantanen (FIN)
Bronze	Mirja Hietamies (FIN)

Kozyreva was the first woman to win at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships.

3 × 5 km relay

17 February 1954

Medal	Team	Time
Gold	Soviet Union (Lyubov Kozyreva, Margarita Maslennikova, Valentina Tsaryova)
Silver	Finland (Sirkka Polkunen, Mirja Hietamies, Siiri Rantanen)
Bronze	Sweden (Anna-Lisa Eriksson, Märta Norberg, Sonja Edström)